In daily life, everyone likes to keep some small pets, especially like tortoiseSuch a cute pet is favored by most female friends. When it comes to raising turtles, I suddenly remembered that a friend of mine once raised small turtles. At first, she placed the turtle in a large water basin, and then placed it on some gravel of different sizes. After a few days, she found the turtle. She often climbed from the basin to the floor, and she was witty and put the turtle in the big bucket, and placed the same water plants and gravel on it. Suddenly one day, it found that the turtle had disappeared. She guessed that it was mostly self-destruction! In fact, many people have some experience in raising tortoises, but most of them are either dead, or they are given away or released, which is not a good thing for the survival of tortoises. Therefore, since you choose to feed, you must be responsible for it to the end, so how should turtles be raised?
Some parents are asking, is the turtle good for you? First of all, tortoises are omnivorous in their food. Any fish meat and meals are always available and taken according to the order. Therefore, in general, turtles are small pets that are easy to raise. . In addition, the tortoise has a strong muscle endurance, even if you don't feed it for a few days, it will not starve to death! Therefore, turtles are also suitable for some lazy people who are office workers. Let's take a look at the specific feeding methods!
1. Feeding points As mentioned above, turtles are not partial eclipses, and other vegetables such as green vegetables, cabbage and carrots are suitable for small turtles. However, meat such as fish and meat is the turtle's favorite, but this depends on the family's economic conditions. If you think it is too extravagant, then you can also feed it some cat food or dog food , of course, there are also special feeds for turtles on the market, and the prices are not very expensive!
2. Habitat Presumably most parents know that a turtle is an amphibian, in other words, it can either Living in water can also live on land. However, nowadays many people keep turtles in large tanks filled with water. Although it can play in the water, it cannot meet the needs of turtles living on land. In order to grow more vigorously, parents can properly Provide some land places for it, for example, you can put some floating boards in the water tank. It should be noted that the turtle has a relatively large amount of activity, so it is best to provide it with a sufficient space for activities, otherwise it will look You'll wake up looking depressed and listless!
3. Lighting conditions Raising turtles requires certain lighting equipment. Bring some trouble, especially like some small turtles, especially need light, if there is a lack of light, then they are easy to catch a cold. How should I put it, light is conducive to better absorption of calcium by the turtle. If this condition is lacking, the turtle will be obviously deficient in calcium. In addition, the turtle is almost covered in bones. For it, lack of calcium is equivalent to its life! It can be seen that light plays a vital role in the feeding process!
4. The amount of water for feeding Some parents think that the more water, the more conducive to the growth of turtles, but it is not! If the tortoise has been buried in deep water, it will lose its original vitality and lie in a state of lying dead all day long! Therefore, the amount of water is very important. Generally speaking, if you feed in deep water, you only need to submerge the turtle shell completely. If it is shallow, let it show its head!
5. Pay attention to disease prevention Turtles get sick too! The most effective way to prevent a turtle from getting sick is to provide it with sufficient light, which is actually very simple to do! In addition, regular water changes can also relatively reduce its sick rate. Moreover, there are some disinfectants on the market that are specially designed to disinfect fish tanks. Parents may wish to try it, just spray it in the water!
6. Hibernate and bathe in the sun Take the turtle out to bathe in the sun properly, which is beneficial to its development. However, it is best for parents not to choose the time at noon. At this time, when the sun is in the sun, you can go out for a walk in the early morning, and you can sunbathe for 15 to 40 minutes each time!
When winter comes, turtles hibernate too! Therefore, before the tortoise hibernates, parents should feed it more food so that it has enough energy to spend the winter! In addition, you can also prepare a carton for the turtle first, then add some foam to it, after half a month, put the turtle in suitable warm water to feed it, and finally put it back in the carton!
In general, a healthy tortoise has a very hard carapace with no nicks, a thick body, a bright light green carapace, and a pair of bright and clear eyes. The nostrils are clean and unobstructed, the head and limbs are flexible, and they will compete with other animals for food. In short, choose dynamic turtles!